Setting Up the Approval Unit Hierarchy
When you create an Approval Unit Hierarchy, you can select an approval template:
- Consolidation—used for locking and unlocking only. When an application is created, the system automatically creates an Approval Unit Hierarchy named Total Geography. This Approval Unit Hierarchy contains all entities under the Total Geography hierarchy. The approval template assigned to this Approval Unit Hierarchy is Consolidation
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Consolidation - Bottom Up —Used for the approval process.
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Consolidation – Separate Approve and Lock—Allows the approval and lock processes to be performed by different users. You can assign one group of users to approve the entity, and another group of users to lock the entity.
To set up an approval unit hierarchy: